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#172s • rare • English • Foil
#172s • rare • English • Foil
Gargos, Vicious Watcher 


3
Legendary Creature — Hydra
Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Hydra spells you cast cost
4
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Illustrated by Mathias Kollros
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Legalities
Not Legal
Legal
historicLegal
pioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyNot Legal
Legal
vintageLegal
CommanderLegal
brawlNot Legal
Rulings
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Gargos). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
2019-07-12 • wotc
Gargos's cost-reduction ability affects only generic mana in a Hydra's cost. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost {2}{G}{G}{G}, it will cost {G}{G}{G} to cast, not {G}.
2019-07-12 • wotc
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value for X before applying cost reductions. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost {X}{G}{G} and choose for X to be 6, you pay {2}{G}{G}. Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.
2019-07-12 • wotc
Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.
2019-07-12 • wotc
Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.
2019-07-12 • wotc
If a spell targets one creature you control multiple times, Gargos's ability triggers once. If that spell targets multiple creatures you control, Gargos's ability triggers once for each of those creatures.
2019-07-12 • wotc
Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
2019-07-12 • wotc
If the target creature is an illegal target when Gargos's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Gargos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
2019-07-12 • wotc